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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1931
Page
8
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hour precipitation ending 8 a.m. today with July total at 7.29 inches. Comparison of January through May 1932 rainfall with the 18 year average lists 1931 figures for each month and totals, including June and the first seven months of the year.
Mrs. B. M. Carter dies at Carter Hall near Stephens City. Prisoners move from local jail to Berryville due to crowding. Radio listeners inquire about the upcoming Winchester Fair on station WJSV.
The text notes several local items including price ranges for commodities and flour, a Winchester Citizens' purchase of uniforms, a vehicle found in Mount Hebron Cemetery, R. Gray Williams head of the Virginia State Bar Association, Handley High School Cadet Band securing funds of 2528.50 for a Canada trip, and Miss Effie Buzella Henry marrying Hinton W. Jackson.
Fifteen years ago report notes Grace Helen Brown wed James R. Fletcher of Alexandria. Local plans include a $75,000 stock subscription for a Winchester to Wardensville rail line and Valley Pike improvements. Hotel Vivian in Hagerstown collapsed, killing three. John W. Rosenberger acts as Weber wagons local agent placing many wagons with farmers.
The Graf Zeppelin landed in Leningrad at 8 15 PM after departing Berlin for the Arctic route. Weather conditions were favorable for the flight over the Dagoe Island area near the Gulf of Finland. The high altitude airship is on the second leg of its journey to the Arctic, with Berlin as the starting point.
A concise critique notes that Americanism is seen as a resentful belief that one is deprived of a fair, soft bargain. The remark frames the notion as a demand for an even-handed, generous treatment in everyday exchanges.
The Graf Zeppelin left Staaken Airdrome at 4 40 a.m. today, noted as 10 40 p.m. Friday Eastern Standard Time. An orator seeks the status of the America counter grocery, implying he did not check the middle of the block.
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